Ball-player&#39;s cleat.



C. A. CARPENTER. BALL PLAYERS GLEAT.

APPLICATION FILED our 21, 1911.

1,1 18,920, Patented Dec. 1, 1914,

WITNESSES i i V? INVENTOR THE NORRIS PETERS CO" PHOTU-LITHQ, WASHINGTON, D1 C T0 allwho m it may concern I PATENT oFFIo 1 CALEB A. cAnrEnrnmor aouvnnnnun nnwxonx."

I i IB AIiL-PLAYERS CLEAT.

Application filed October 21, 1911. Serial no. 655,89 i

Be it known that I, CALEB A. CARPENTER, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Gouverneur, in the county of St; Lawrence and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ball- Players Cleats, of which'the following is a specification.

My inventi in ball players? cleats, the object being to provide anti-slipping devicesfor sporting shoes, and in so doing to provide a device having the functions required of preventing the wearers feet from slipping while af-f fording flexibility and comparative ease and comfort. a

In the accompanying drawingsP Figure 1 is a bottom plan view, and Fig. 2 is a View in side elevation- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the cleats. H

These cleats comprise a top flange 1, and a rib 3, which latter is V-shaped'in crosssection to afford a cutting edge, and rounded at the ends as at 2, 2. The top flange is provided with holes 4:, 4, to receive screws or other fastening means 5, 5, whereby the cleat or cleats aresecured to the sole and heel of a shoe. These cleats-may bein different lengths anddimensions according to the requirements as shown in Fig. 1, they being preferably screwed in place as illusand having them arranged tratc d in that figure, as this arrangement affords the greatest resistance tothe sliding of'the foot in all directions.

The arrangement of the cleats as shown in Fig. 1, permits of the sole of the shoe to be flexed. as a small space is formed be-. tween the adiacent cleats, and the diverging cleats are all provided with beveled inner ends, so that the ends of the adjacent cleats will not be brought into contact and prevent the flexing of the sole of the shoe. Furthermore, the diverging cleats form a means of obtaining a grip and prevent slipping, A better grip or hold can beobtained bv having the sole of the shoe capableof flexing than is possible where the sole is rigid and in the majority of the cleats now in use, they are of a single piece of material and extend over a large portion ofthe shoe. With this invention I overcome this objection by around the solo on relates to an improvement providing a plurality of cleats 1 of theshoe with long andshort cleats ina manner to obtain the best results and the greatest flexing of the sole.

Then attached by means of screws, the

cleats maybe easily applied or removedat any time, as occasion may require.

The device is simple, inexpensive to manufacture, and easily applied, and is effectual in the performanceof its functions.

More or lessfslight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the-several parts described' without depar- 3 SpecificationofLettersjiatent. "Patented ture from the spirit and scope of my invention, and henceI do not wish to be limited to the exact construction herein'set forth,

but

Having fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire. to secure by Letters Patent, is

p An anti-slipping device forshoes, com prising a pluralityof separate independent ribbed cleats mounted end to end on the sole of the shoe to follow approximately the perimeter of the sole, said cleats being formed at their ends in such a manner that they can be fastened in close proximity one to the other, and said cleats having the ribs thereof cut away or beveled at their ends in such manner as to allow contact of the cleats at the ends where they are in close proximity, and thus to permit free flexing of'the sole.

2. An anti-slipping device for shoes comprising diverging cleats arranged on the toe of the sole, oppositely diverging cleats arranged on the sole in proximity to the instep, said cleats having their contiguous ends approximately at right-angles to the longitudinal extent of the sole, and cleats arranged between said divergent ends to be substantially parallel with said longitudinal yarying lengths and positioned on the sole In testinionf whereof I efiix my' sign 7 1n. such relation that the contiguous ends ttrre, in the presence of two Witnesses.

or joints of the cleats are located to be be- CALEB A.'CARPENTER.

neath the ball and toe joints of the foot to Witnesses: v 5 .permit natural. bending of the foot within 'E. W. JAol'isofi,

the shoe. R. DyMimsm Copies of this patent may be obtained for fiye flfi tech, by lddreuing the Commissioner 0t Patten, WuhlngtomILO." 1 1 

